Baseball Recap: Cedar Grove-Belgium extends home winning streak to six

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 9:18pm

Baseball Recap: Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets vs. Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusaders

In what's become a running theme this season, Cedar Grove-Belgium gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusaders a 10-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Cedar Grove-Belgium considering their two-run performance the contest before.

The result came thanks to Jude Ackeret's shutout, as he gave up just one hit and racked up ten Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Cedar Grove-Belgium got a big performance out of Carter Schmitz, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Ira Hilbelink was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.

Cedar Grove-Belgium pushed their record up to 12-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Sheboygan Area Lutheran, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Cedar Grove-Belgium beat Sheboygan Area Lutheran by a score of 4-2.

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